5/29/07
Today we went to Selma, Alabama and walked the “Edmund Pettis Bridge.” I really was not able to take in the entire experience because I was to worried about not looking at the water that flowed below me, but at the same time it was a very powerful walk. After reaching the end I learned about the many problems present in Selma, Alabama from Dr. Hattery. We then walked through the George Washington Carver housing projects, where the march began. This was a great experience, because we had seen footage of every place that we had visited in previous days.
After walking the street we loaded the bus grabbed some lunch to go and headed to Mississippi. We watched Spike Lee’s “4 Little Girls,” which is a historical documentary film about the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham. Although I’ve never heard of the film it was well done. It was interesting to get a different perspective because the documentary went more into the thoughts of the actual family members of the victims.